The menu at this Microcentro cafe is traditional, basic, dependable and hardly the only reason to pay the place a visit. The now-defunct hotel that once housed the Richmond cafe was built in 1917, and entering the sole surviving portion of the landmark building is indeed like stepping into the early 20th century. Brown wood and red leather dominate, as they did in those happy-hour flapper-filled saloons of yore. Despite the full menu, food is a bit incidental here, or at least secondary to the place itself. Come to pay homage to the past, to mingle with locals and the bow-tied staff, or simply to escape the hustle, the bustle, the push and the pull created by the pedestrians that continue to mob the increasingly deglorified Avenida Florida. Open Mondays to Saturdays, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Location:
Florida 466/68
Microcentro, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Restaurant

Regulations: No

Reservation: Not necessary

Park Options: No

Contact Information:
Phone: 4322-1341/1653
URL: www.restaurant.com.ar/richmond

By Jeremy Helligar

I am a journalist from New York City living in Buenos Aires. After spending 15 years as a writer and editor in New York City, I moved to Argentina in...

Created: 12 Nov 2008

Updated: 12 Nov 2008

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